We had a storm that gave us a little over half an inch of rain, then some sun and wind, so the garden soil has the perfect amount of moisture! I waited a day and then rototilled a small area for peas and another for the onions I have started. They need to be out of their pots and have room to put their roots down into the ground, so that is what I hope to do tomorrow. The pea seed has been soaked for a few hours to wake it up and I will plant peas tomorrow and mulch with some old hay that my horse thought wasn't tasty or tender enough. I feel like I am a bit late for putting onions in the ground and planting peas. Maybe it was the mild winter and the early emergence of the garlic that has me thinking it is late in the season.
I just had a crazy thought about planting onions and peas together. They are both finished growing at about the same time but the peas might shade the onions too much. It's worth making a one foot square experimental patch just to see what happens. Weeding might be a problem. Or the peas might shade the onions too much. Surely if I have thought of it someone else has as well.
Our lawn mower has been given a tune up and is back home already. I could finish what I started of mowing around the edges of the garden and bring the mower back up the hill to mow the yard. Maybe I will have enough good weather and energy to do all of that tomorrow.
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